Finding aid for the Clyde E. Elliott papers 6191
Bo Doub
USC Libraries Special Collections
2019 June
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Clyde E. Elliott papers
Creator:
Elliott, Clyde E., 1891-1959
Identifier/Call Number: 6191
Physical Description:
10.125 Linear Feet
9 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1908-1961
Abstract: This collection consists of story treatments, production materials, clippings, correspondence, scrapbooks, and photographs
from American motion picture director, producer, and writer Clyde E. Elliott (1885-1959).
Language of Material:
English.
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Biographical / Historical
Clyde E. Elliott (1885-1959) was an American film director, producer, and writer best known for directing
Bring 'Em Back Alive (1932), starring Frank Buck. Elliott's films were primarily action-adventure movies shot on location where the hero would
face off with a wild animal. From 1945 to 1950 Elliott served as the editor of the Santa Ana Independent, a weekly newspaper
published from 1935 to 1966.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of story treatments, production materials, clippings, correspondence, scrapbooks, and photographs
from American motion picture director, producer, and writer Clyde E. Elliott (1885-1959). Materials include production materials
for
Bring 'Em Back Alive (1932),
Devil Tiger (1934), and
Booloo (1938), correspondence, travel photos, press clippings, and the Manuscript for Elliott's unpublished book
Rambling Thoughts of a World Rover.
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special
Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Clyde Hayes, June 15, 2019.
Related Materials
See also: Alfred Hayes papers, Collection no. 6211, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Clyde E. Elliott's daughter, Marietta Elliott, married Alfred Hayes.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], Clyde E. Elliott papers, Collection no. 6191, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Processing Information
Collection is unprocessed. Box title information comes from handwritten content notes on rehoused boxes.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Animal films -- Archival resources
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence
Manuscripts
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Archival resources
Motion picture authorship -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Screenplays
Screenwriters -- United States -- Archival resources
Treatments (documents)
Elliott, Clyde E., 1891-1959 -- Archives
Box 1
Production Material / Story Treatments / Alumni Material / O.C. Register
1908-1954
Box 2
The War and Pre-War Years [1 of 2]
1930s-1940s
Box 3
The War and Pre-War Years [2 of 2]
1930s-1940s
Box 4
Travel Photos / Production Stills / Negatives / Story Treatments / Knute Rockne
1922-1961
Box 5
Travel Photographs and Negatives
1920s
Scope and Contents
Labeled envelopes of photographic materials including "Athens", "Holland", "Prague", "Rumania", "Sweden", and "Vienna"
Box 6
Scrapbook and unpublished novel "Rambling Thoughts of a World Rover"
1910s-1940s
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook includes business correspondence and press clippings. The manuscript is typed with annotations.
Box 7
Story Treatments / News Articles / Unpublished Novel
1921-1958
Scope and Contents
Treatments include Booloo (1937), Bring 'em Back Alive (1941), China Roar (1944). Other materials include a copy of the O.C.
Register newspaper and copies of articles written by Elliott in magazines. also included are photographs and a map of vermont.
Box 8
Diaries / Personal photographs and negaives / Personal correspondence
1920-1958
Scope and Contents
Includes personal correspondence, diaries, personal photographs and negatives, travel photographs and negatives, and postcards.
Box 9
Scrapbook and Clippings
1940s-1950s
Scope and Contents
One scrapbook of newspaper clippings, and issues of the Santa Ana Independent newspaper
